Photo by Marissa Grootes on Unsplash Take your average limited liability company incorporated in Ghana: the typical minimum of two directors and at least one shareholder requirement has been met; your auditor is in place along with your ever-faithful Company Secretary. You ensure you register your company with the Registrar General’s Department, Ghana Revenue Authority,...
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Author: Joel Oheneba Afari-Acquah Abstract The Supreme Court of Ghana in George Odamtten & Ors v Wuta-Ofei & Ors affirmed the decision of the Court of Appeal to the effect that by the customary law of Gas of Osu, female children of a deceased original owner of property who inherit the property cannot pass on their...
Summary: The author considers the impact of the Supreme Court’s strained and narrow interpretation of the word “judgment” in Article 131 in Owusu v Addo on the pathways for appealing against decisions to the Supreme Court. As the decision provides, special leave is required in appealing against decisions not “judgments” from the Court of Appeal...
To all our friends preparing for the Ghana School of Law entrance exam next Tuesday, August 24, 2021, we have you in our thoughts. Give it your best shot. Here are a few tips you may find useful: Understand and know what the question requires of you in substance and in form. Form and substance are equally important. If the...
1.Introduction Ghana’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Act, 2010 (Act 798) (“hereinafter referred to as the ADR Act”), has been hailed by Scholars as very progressive. Dr. Emelia Onyema described the Act as “comprehensive, modern and forward looking and should enhance Ghana’s chances of being chosen by parties as seat of their arbitration references within sub-Sahara Africa[1].”...
What is this thing I read here? This is a legal article. It may surprise some, who read it, but this is very much a legal article. I understand in part their consternation, because I too used to be like them. Because so often, we have created mystery out of the law and of legal...
1.Introduction These days, the mention of National Security evokes fear and intimidation, to say the least. Media reports abound as to alleged unlawful arrests and detentions of persons and their alleged ordeals in the hands of persons claiming to be National Security Operatives. After the security failure fiasco at Ayawaso West Wagoun Bye-Election, the President...
So you’ve been wronged. You’re sure of that. Your lawyer agrees with you. You’re now excited, you’re about to get revenge and you want all of it. But then in discussing the way forward you realise some impediments – you’re being asked for documents and a million other things. All you can say at this...
Introduction Ever so often, commercial persons have concerned themselves with what they consider the operative parts of contracts they enter into. Typically, boilerplate clauses which are a feature of every well drafted contract have been the preserve of lawyers while matters close to the hearts of contracting parties, like a party’s obligation under a contract...
The lawyering journey starts on the day one is called to the Bar. The day of the Call is therefore an important day in the life of almost every lawyer. The date 2nd October 2015 was the day a certain, otherwise shy, author was called to the Bar after a long journey which commenced in...